Mark Devlin is a UK-based club and radio DJ and music journalist, specialising in black/ dance music in its many forms.
In more recent years he has begun speaking on radio and at events about the dark forces that have been manipulating the music industry for decades. This led to the publication of his book 'Musical Truth' in 2016, with Volume 2 following in early 2018.
The one-stop shop for all audio output is:
https://www.spreaker.com/user/markdevlin.
E-mail: mark@markdevlin.co.uk

Friday, 28 November 2014

Rejoining us for this instalment is previous guest Sonia Barrett, a US researcher, author, public speaker and filmmaker, who's just released her documentary 'The Business Of Disease'.

We talk about the film's subject matter - how people getting ill and seeking treatment from the pharmacuetical corporations has become a hugely profitable industry, with vested interests for so many. We contrast people's instinctive reliance on their doctors to help them, with the need for individuals to take personal responsibility for their own health and wellbeing as just one way of unplugging from the human control system.

Sonia gets into the cures for all ailments that nature provides in the form of plants and other substances, and the war on the human immune system that's being waged in the form of the many toxins and pollutants which daily life now exposes us to. Despite this, humanity still shows its resilience in being able to break through and attain higher forms of consciousness when the will to do so is there.

We finish by speculating on some of the symbolism behind the caduceus, the international symbol for human health, and some of the

structures that are starting to pop up in UK city centres, and reflect on the current, conveniently-timed Ebola outbreak.

A trip back 20 years with a mix I put together way back when, covering some of the music of 1994, one of the last truly Golden Years for hip-hop. It finishes on a few ragga and jungle moments too. Miss those days!

15 years ago I had my most awesome New Year's Eve experience seeing in the Millennium at Apocalypse, (formerly The Forum) in Cardiff, counting down to midnight in front of around 1,500 people. (How long ago does all that talk of 'the millennium' and all the paranoia that surrounded it seem now?!)

Here's the audio from that brilliant event, which remains one of my favourite ever gigs:

So I'm happy to be back in the same city for this New Year's Eve. This time it's at 411 Club alongside my dude So Funked and crew, dropping old school jams alongside the residents. (There's a 1920s dress code too, so judging by how often I buy clothes, I should fit right in!)

Monday, 17 November 2014

Here's my guest spot chatting with Vin, head honcho at People's Internet Radio, which will now be broadcasting my Sound Of Freedom conscious music show every Friday night from 11pm GMT. We chat about the show, the powerful impact of music, and a few other things besides.

Friday, 14 November 2014

The Sound Of Freedom has a new broadcast home. As of next Friday, 21st November, it'll be going out every Friday night between 11pm and 1am GMT on People's Internet Radio. This is a great outlet, with its many talk hosts covering all the subject matter that the artists featured on TSOF get into, so it should make for a very happy union.

I'll be guesting with PIR head honcho Vin on his show this Sunday night from 9pm to 12am GMT to talk about the show. In the meantime, you can sign up to PIR and listen to the live streams right here:

Monday, 10 November 2014

For this edition, Mark Devlin travels to Montenegro to meet with conscious hip-hop artist Disl Automatic.

Disl recounts his early days growing up in a tough neighbourhood of Chicago, and the inspiration his surroundings provided towards honing his sharp lyrical skills. After a few of the hard knocks that come with the territory, he moved to his parents' homeland of Montenegro, and in 2010, had a conscious awakening to truth.

At this point, Disl said he realised his rapping skills were the gift that he was obliged to use to help communicate the truths he had come to understand to others, and that finding some way to do this is a responsibility that falls on all who come to raise their awareness in this way.

The conversation covers many topics, including the issue of self-improvement, and the recognition that none of us can expect to be perfect and flawless, in the way we might sometimes feel pressured to be. Flaws are a part of human nature, he observes, and we shouldn't hate ourselves for having them, just so long as the will is there to constantly work on improvement.

Wednesday, 5 November 2014

15 years ago I had my most awesome New Year's Eve experience seeing in the Millennium at Apocalypse, (formerly The Forum) in Cardiff, counting down to midnight in front of around 1,500 people. (How long ago does all that talk of 'the millennium' and all the paranoia that surrounded it seem now?!)

Here's the audio from that brilliant event, which remains one of my favourite ever gigs:

So I'm happy to be back in the same city for this New Year's Eve. This time it's at 411 Club alongside my dude So Funked and crew, dropping old school jams alongside the residents. (There's a 1920s dress code too, so judging by how often I buy clothes, I should fit right in!)

Monday, 3 November 2014

For this edition, Mark Devlin travels to Montenegro to meet with conscious hip-hop artist Disl Automatic.

Disl recounts his early days growing up in a tough neighbourhood of Chicago, and the inspiration his surroundings provided towards honing his sharp lyrical skills. After a few of the hard knocks that come with the territory, he moved to his parents' homeland of Montenegro, and in 2010, had a conscious awakening to truth.

At this point, Disl said he realised his rapping skills were the gift that he was obliged to use to help communicate the truths he had come to understand to others, and that finding some way to do this is a responsibility that falls on all who come to raise their awareness in this way.

The conversation covers many topics, including the issue of self-improvement, and the recognition that none of us can expect to be perfect and flawless, in the way we might sometimes feel pressured to be. Flaws are a part of human nature, he observes, and we shouldn't hate ourselves for having them, just so long as the will is there to constantly work on improvement.

Any spare hour over the past month has been spent ploughing into the new book I'm now writing. It's to be titled 'Musical Truth', and will bring together all the findings regarding the dark manipulations of the mainstream music industry that I present in my public talks, plus a whole lot more. A vital component will be to show how what happens in the entertainment industry is only one small part of what's going in the wider world, and what people need to understand and wake up to if we want to have anything vaguely resembling human freedom in the years to come. The book's no easy task. I'm aware that the research and writing is going to take many months, so I don't realistically expect it to be ready until the latter part of 2015. But at least it's started. As the brilliant US speaker Mark Passio is find of saying, 'there are only two mistakes you can make on the path to truth. One is not starting, the other is not going all the way.'

There have been two new volumes of my Good Vibrations podcast in October. First off, I was joined by British author and researcher John Hamer. John's a bit of a jack of all trades, getting into many subjects, particularly in his book 'The Falsification Of History'. For this chat, we settled on talking about the strange aspects surrounding The Titanic. John's put out two books on this subject, which, as with all things, show how the official story of what it was all about is more full of holes than the boat's hull. Give it a listen for his findings:

Volume 50 saw me re-grouping with previous guest Tony Kilvert, aka Tony Z. We discussed the 'war on truth' which now appears to be getting waged against truthseeking critical thinkers and those who call the government out on their constant lies and bullshit, as well as veering off into all kinds of other areas. This was a really great chat which you can catch here:

There was some good news regarding my other podcast, the conscious music showcase The Sound Of Freedom, which has now been accepted for syndication via iTunes. You can subscribe to the RSS feed on this link:

I'm gradually ticking off the various territories of Europe, and always appreciate the opportunity to visit a new one for the first time. I got the chance on Saturday 25th to hit Montenegro, one of the various nation states that previously made up Yugoslavia. This had a dual purpose; to link with the conscious hip-hop MC Disl Automatic, whose music I've featured prominently on my Sound Of Freedom shows, (it was actually one of Disl's tracks that inspired the name of the show,) and to play a gig. Sadly the experience involved flying with the repulsive Ryanair, but with all other airlines costing a bomb and none flying direct, they were the only option. The scenery as we came into land at Podgorica was stunning. Montenegro, (meaning 'black mountain') is flanked by breathtaking mountain ranges interspersed with streams and lakes.

Disl had come from his home in the coastal town of Bar to meet me at the airport, and after a quick drive around town, we headed to my hotel to record the interview. We had a great chat covering everything from his early days growing up in Chicago and what caused him to 'wake up', to some self-improvement and inspirational stuff. This will be going out as a volume in my Good Vibrations series in due course.

Later in the evening, I linked with Montenegro's principal hip hop/ R&B DJ, Maraku, for a very loaded meal, before we headed for Soul 2 Soul, site of the night's gig. The taxis were the cheapest I've known in Europe; one side of the city to the other for only 1 Euro!

The gig was called It's All About Beats, and had been billed as an old-school urban jam, which made me happy as I was able to blaze through a set of 90s and early 00s favourites, pulling a fair few tricks out of the bag. The place was packed with a great crowd energy. The only drawback was that there's no public smoking ban in Montenegro, and pretty much everyone blazes the fags, so I emerged choking, red-eyed and stinking, just like the old days back in the UK.

As I was away for the weekend, I'd drafted in my mate and fellow Destiny 105 broadcaster Danny Prince to cover my Sound Of Now show for the week. Danny's only brief was to keep the music current, but other than that, he had a free rein to do whatever he chose with it, and the results were suitably inspiring given his status as one of the most enthuastic music heads I've met! The show goes out from 6 to 8pm on Saturdays, with the live stream at http://www.destiny105.co.uk/listen/, and I post the full playlist and download links on my Soundcloud page each Sunday:

It was a sad month at Destiny, as David Norland, a station director and part of the Desta Nation sound system, passed away from cancer. Dave was an immensely popular guy and well-known figure in Oxford. To pay tribute in some way, I re-posted the following radio segment I recorded with him in 2012, where he talked about five unexpected favourite records:

Mark Devlin is a UK-based club and radio DJ and music journalist, specialising in black/ dance music in its many forms. He’s also written his first book, 'Tales From The Flipside' (available at authorhouse.co.uk and amazon.co.uk) In more recent years he has begun speaking on radio and at events about the dark forces that have been manipulating and controlling the mainstream music industry for decades, and how this ties into the much larger picture of what is really going on in the world.